Authentic Police Cases (1948) comic books 1948

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Cover art by Paul Parker. Untitled Crime on the Run story; During a payroll robbery one of the victims is shot and killed. Untitled Mystery Thriller of the Month story; A wave of bank robberies sweeps Los Angeles. Untitled Lucky Coyne story; Fate formed a peculiar partnership with a sadistic assassin. Untitled Hale! ...the Magician story, art by George Tuska; Hale is asked by the police to track down the deadly prophecies of the Signor Diablo. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. Untitled Crime on the Run! story starring Sheriff Percy Way. Untitled Manhunters, Guardians of the Law story, art by Gus Ricca; A road builder turns into a desperate criminal. Untitled Johnny Rebel story, art by Bob Fujitani; German saboteurs blow up a dam near the Worth estate. Untitled Lady Satan story, art by George Tuska; Lady Satan vows to destroy the evil forces that killed her fiancee in a bombing raid on the ship taking them to New York. Untitled Crime on the Run! story. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. Untitled Manhunters - Guardians of the Law story. Untitled Scoop Daily story, art by Joey Cavallo; Scoop is uncovering a full fledged war in the making between the United States and Mexico. Murderer! starring Lucky Coyne; A man is killed for not paying his gambling debts. The White Death, art by Gus Ricca; The mysterious deaths of society women, all by the draining of their bodies of blood, prompts the Veiled Avenger to pose as a wealthy society dame in order to lure the perpetrators out of hiding. Untitled Lucky Coyne story; A murdered lady found in a runaway car. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Lubbers? The Two-Gun Terror of Mohawk Valley--An Authentic Crime Case; Sutherland hated all police and blazed a ruthless trail of death for anyone who dared to oppose him. Kid Dropper, Manhattan's Mad Mobster--An Authentic Gang War Story; A gangster with the heart of a snake and the soul of a monster. Madman of Moon Street starring K-9, art by Ernie Hart; A girl is killed at night by a madman with rabies. How the "Masked Blackjack", art by Paul Gattuso. Murder On Ice--An Authentic Crime Saga of the Northwest Mounted Police; A Mountie tracks down a coldblooded assassin in the frozen wastes of British Columbia. 36 pgs. $0.10. NOTE: This strong cover is signed "Bee," which could possibly be famous bondage artist Eric Stanton, as Stanton is known to have used the pseudonym "John Bee." However, we cannot verify this. This issue did come out in 1948, and Stanton began his professional career in '47. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bob Lubbers. The Couple Who Came to Kill! (or The Case of the Whispering Bride). The Red Desperado, art by Gus Ricca; An escaped desperado is hunted by a posse of eight men with dogs. Case 1: Master Forgers--Science Corners the Criminals!, script and art by Jack Cole. Murder Fumbles a Doublecross, inks by Bernard Sachs; An antique dealer reports an emerald stolen and frames a released convict for the theft. The Phantom of Marco's Villa, art by Ralph Mayo; The ghost of Nancy's murdered father shows her where his money was hidden. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Matt Baker and Ray Osrin. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and Jack Cole. Pre-Code crime comics from St. John with an above-average lineup of artists. This issue was mentioned in the illustrations for the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent. The cops close in on Tony "The Human Cat" after his latest home invasion. The following line from the Human Cat's girlfriend was singled out by Fredric Wertham as "An invitation to learning" in Seduction of the Innocent: "Where ya goin' on a night like dis, Tony? Ya ain't gonna shoot anybody with dat rod, are ya?" Red Keenan's gang goes on a spree of murder and robbery, in a violent story with art by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. The Mounties close in on the deadly Kurulak brothers in the Great White North. Cover by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. Human Cat Trapped by Death Gun Slugs; The Diplomat Who Dabbled in Diamonds; Smashing the Red Keenan Gang; Crime Clean-up!; Phony Loot; Bullets Blaze the Mounties Trail; Fireman Save My Child; Murder Scare. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.